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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD G. GEREKE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOCHARLES E. WVITI-IALL, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED INKSTAND, ENVELOPE, AND CARD HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,317, dated 'May 3,1892.

Application filed February 24, 1892. Serial No. 422,685. (No modelfi Toall whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that'l, EDWARD G. GEREKE, of the city of St. Luis,in theState of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvementin aCombined Inkstand,Envelope,

and Card Holder, 850., of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of multum in part0 devices in whicha large combination of useful articles is congregated together in asmall compass; and the invention consists of a secretary device in whichis com I5 bined an inkstand, sponge pen-wiper, pen and pencil rack,cash-drawer and closet constitut-ing repository for pen-boxes, stamps,&c., envelope, card, postal-card, and bill holder, and surmounted at topby a general depository for the incomingand outgoing mail, &c.;

and the invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a front elevation and shows the 2 5 cash-drawer,tlieinkandspongestand,the penrack, and the envelope and other holders, and italso shows the closet-door closed an d latched in full lines and open inbroken lines. Fig. II is an end elevation and shows an end view of theabove-named devices. Fig. III is a top View of the same; and Fig. IV isa vertical section taken on line IV IV, Fig. III, and

shows the interior of the cash-drawer, closet, envelope and mailholders, 85c.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the basement-case, in which isseated the cashdrawer 2, which is supplied with the handles 3 and lock4.

5 represents the ink and sponge stand that surmounts said base, in whichare seated the ink-bottles 6 for common writing, copying, and red inkand the pen-wiper sponge 7.

8 represents a closet whose case surmounts the base-case 1, and securedto the front casing of said closet are the pen-rack hooks 9. Thedrop-door 10 of the closet is secured by the hinges 11 to saidbasement-case 1, and when said door is opened, as shown in broken linesin Fig. I, its previously upper edge or point rests on the desk orwriting-table 12.

When said closet-door is closed, a pivoted latch 13 engages in the catch14, which catch is secured to and projects from the front casing of thecloset.

15 represents a small catchall-receptacle immediately above the front ofthe closet, and said receptacle is adapted for holding the steel andrubber erasers, loose letter-stamps, or other like small articles.

16 represents the longenvelope holder, whose front end surmounts saidreceptacle 15, andthe rest of said holder surmounts the closet S andextends on a downward incline to the vertical back casing 17 of thedevice.

It will be seen that as said envelope-holder inclines downward until itreaches said vertical back casing 17 its terminus is at an acute angle,the front end of the pack of long envelopes 18 that are held thereinbeing at a like acute angle that projects the upper envelope beyond theunderlying ones, so as to present a convenient hold of said envelopewhen it is to be extracted for use. It will also be seen that saidinclined position of the holder, while it is quite convenient for theinsertion of the pack of envelopes, (which should previously have theirencircling band removed,)- also provides an easy exit for the topmostenvelope, while at the same time it maintains a sufficient retentionhold of the remaining envelopes of the pack. 19 represents a similarinclined envelope-holder, but of sufficiently shorter length to accordwith the length of the common short business-envelopes. Thelast-namedenvelope-holdersun mounts the forward end of the holder 16, from whichit also slightly projects, and is pitched on a similar incline. Theflanges 29, that are turned in from the top of the ends 30 of the longenvelope-holder 16, are soldered to the bottom 31 of the short-envelopeholder 19 and support the same, The rear end 21 of said holder 19, beingalso vertical, also forms an acute angle with the inclined bottom, alikeprojecting the uppermost envelope of the pack 20 as with that of thepack 18, so as to facilitate its withdrawal.

22 and 23 represent, respectively, twin inclined receptacles that aresecured to and project from one side of the combination device and whichprovide convenient repositories, respectively, for cards andpostal-cards, &c.

24 represents a like but undivided inclined receptacle that is securedto and projects from the reverse side of the device and which makes aconvenient repository for bill-blocks, bills,

for everything and everything in its place as far as the multiformcombination embraced in this device is concerned.

I claim as my invention 1. 'A combined inkstand, envelope, and cardholder provided with a downwardly and rearwardly inclined receptacle orreceptaclesfor envelopes, substantially as described.

2. In a combined inkstand, envelope, and card holder, the combination ofthe basementcasing l, the cash-drawer in said casing, the

ink and sponge stand 5, the closet 8, the penracks 9, the inclinedlong-envelope holderld, and the inclined short-envelope holder 19,substantially as described.

In a combined inkstand, envelope, and card holder, the combination ofthe basement casing, the cash-drawer in said casing, the ink and spongestand, the ink-bottles and sponge in said stand, the closet 8, thehinged dropdoor to said closet, the latch by which said door isfastened, the pen-racks 9, the receptacle for holding the rubber andsteel erasers, &c., and the inclined long and short envelope holdersprovided with acute-bevel rear ends that project the uppermost envelope,substantially as described.

4. In a combined inkstand, envelope, and card holder, the combination ofthe basementcasing, the drawer in said casing, the ink and sponge stand,the closet S, the pen-rack 9, the receptacle 15, the downwardly-inclinedenvelope-holders 16 and 19, the twin receptacles 22 and 23 for holdingcards, postal-cards, &c., and the receptacle 24 for bills, &c.,substantially as described. I

5. In a combined inkstand, envelope, and card holder, the combination ofthe basementcasing, the drawerin said casing, the ink and sponge stand,the closet 8, the pen-rack 9, the receptacle 15, the downwardly-inclinedenvelope-holders provided with acute-angle rear ends that project theuppermost envelope,

the twin downwardly-inclined receptacles 22 and 23, thedownwardly-inclined receptacle 2&, the receptacles 25 and 26 forpencils, 850., and the surmounting receptacle 27 for incoming andoutgoing mail, substantially as described.

ED WARD G. GEREKE.

